Cognitive Limitations in Aging and Psychopathology

Cognitive Limitations in Aging and Psychopathology
ISBN-10
1107320615
ISBN-13
9781107320611
Category
Psychology
Language
English
Published
2005-10-17
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Randall W. Engle, Grzegorz Sedek, Ulrich von Hecker

Description

This book examines the major progress made in recent psychological science in understanding the cognitive control of thought, emotion, and behavior and what happens when that control is diminished as a result of aging, depression, developmental disabilities, or psychopathology. Each chapter of this volume reports the most recent research by a leading researcher on the international stage. Topics include the effects on thought, emotion, and behavior by limitations in working memory, cognitive control, attention, inhibition, and reasoning processes. Other chapters review standard and emerging research paradigms and new findings on limitations in cognitive functioning associated with aging and psychopathology. The explicit goal behind this volume was to facilitate cross-area research and training by familiarizing researchers with paradigms and findings in areas different from but related to their own.

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